8-letter words containing r, e, c, o, n
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- on cover — an entire envelope that has been postmarked
- onscreen — As seen on a screen (as of television, film, or computer) rather than in real life.
- orchanet — Alternative form of alkanet.
- ordnance — cannon or artillery.
- orogenic — (geology) Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the creation of mountains.
- outrance — the utmost extremity.
- overnice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- pecorino — a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- percolin — a pain-relieving drug
- plectron — plectrum.
- poincare — Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- portance — bearing; behavior.
- pretonic — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- procaine — a compound, C 1 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- provence — a region in SE France, bordering on the Mediterranean: formerly a province; famous for medieval poetry and courtly traditions.
- province — an administrative division or unit of a country.
- ranchero — a rancher.
- re-count — to count again.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- recensor — someone who produces a recension or recensions
- recision — an act of canceling or voiding; cancellation.
- reckoned — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- reckoner — a person who reckons.
- reconfer — to confer again
- reconned — reconnaissance.
- reconvey — to convey again.
- renforce — to reinforce
- renotice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- renounce — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- replicon — any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- resorcin — a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.
- retinoic — containing or derived from retinoid
- rollneck — (of a garment) having a high neck that may be rolled over
- romancer — a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively): We knew it was a romance, so we were expecting a happy ending. Romance novels are popular escapist entertainment.
- rondache — a small, round shield
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- schooner — Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl1 (def 2).
- screw-on — attached, connected, or closed by screwing onto another part of a container or receptacle.
- scrounge — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- seconder — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- soricine — of or resembling the shrews.
- sortance — suitableness
- torrance — a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- torrence — (Frederic) Ridgely [rij-lee] /ˈrɪdʒ li/ (Show IPA), 1875–1950, U.S. poet, playwright, and editor.
- trecento — the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.
- trouncer — a person who trounces someone or something
- unerotic — arousing or satisfying sexual desire: an erotic dance.
- unforced — enforced or compulsory: forced labor.